Press Releases: Telecom

Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Senate Passage of Marketplace Fairness Act

May 06, 2013
Steve Stanek
Richard Esenberg
Seton Motley
Peter Ferrara
Bruce Edward Walker

The United States Senate today passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would allow states to require businesses – even those headquartered outside their borders – to collect Internet sales

Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Cloture Vote of Marketplace Fairness Act

April 22, 2013
John Nothdurft
Matthew Glans
Steve Stanek

The United States Senate today voted for cloture on the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), ending debate and leading to its likely passage soon in an up-or-down vote.

Heartland Institute Experts React to Senate Debate of Marketplace Fairness Act

April 18, 2013
Matthew Glans
Steve Stanek
John Nothdurft

This week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) began the process of pushing the Marketplace Fairness Act before the full Senate and bypassing the Senate Finance Committee.

Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Marketplace Fairness Act Amendment in Senate Budget ‘Vote-A-Rama’

March 22, 2013
John Nothdurft
Steve Stanek
John Bethune

The United States Senate today is voting on the 2014 budget proposal with a lengthy open-amendment process known in Washington as “vote-a-rama.” Among the amendments expected to be attached to the

Heartland Institute Experts React to Resignation of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

March 22, 2013
Jim Lakely
Bruce Edward Walker

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said Friday he’ll be stepping down “in the coming weeks” before his term expires at the end of June.

Heartland Institute Experts React to Google Antitrust Ruling

January 03, 2013
S.T. Karnick
Steven Titch
Maureen Martin
Bruce Edward Walker
Ryan Radia

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday ended its antitrust investigation against Google, finding it had not violated the law in the way it structures its search application.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Common Cause Report on ‘Greenlight’ Municipal Broadband in Wilson, NC

December 07, 2012
Jim Lakely
S.T. Karnick
Bruce Edward Walker

Common Cause, a liberal advocacy group, and the Institute for Local Self Reliance released a report Friday praising the municipal fiber optic broadband network in Wilson, North Carolina.

Heartland Institute Reacts to T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger

October 03, 2012
S.T. Karnick
Seton Motley

Deutsche Telekom, the German parent company of T-Mobile, announced Wednesday it will purchase telecom competitor MetroPCS and merge its assets into the company.

Heartland Institute Reacts to FCC Internet Tax Plans

August 27, 2012
Steven Titch
S.T. Karnick
Matthew Glans
Steve Stanek

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced the launch of the first phase of the new Connect America Fund, a "modernization" of the Universal Service Fund to provide broadband Interne